Blogs
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Former Geez web editor wins peace medal
Bre Woligroski, former web editor for Geez wins a peace medal for social justice and gender equality work.
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New article online: Behind the activist celebrities is a league of great women
Very often our magazine profiles men who are great people and exceptional leaders. But that doesn’t mean that only men fill the role of activist leaders. This article profiles five of the many women activists from within our communities.
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The High Price of Materialism
Psychologist Tim Kasser articulates how the culture of consumerism that flourishes in the United States undermines citizens well-being.
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Billy Graham meets the evangelist of outrage
A comparison of two books by guys in their 90s. One, history’s greatest evangelist, the other a concentration camp survivor who helped draft the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
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National prayer breakfast for the 99 percent
“Every year there is a gathering of [American] faith, political, business, military and media leaders. . . . It is called the National Prayer Breakfast. This breakfast is by invitation only with a cost of $650.00 a plate.” So says a group called “People’s Prayer Breakfast.” So while Obama was praying with the big wigs, they held a parallel event.
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New article online: 40-foot inflatable missile protest
A former U.S. nuclear submarine captain was arrested along with others at a naval base in Washington state in a commemorative protest of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The center piece of the protest was a full scale inflatable Trident II (D-5) missile.
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Calling for pitches: Geez 26 The Politics of Leisure
Everyone needs a break sometimes, but even leisure is political. Are eco-tourism, tourist missionaries and stay-cations important innovations or just frugal fallout from the latest financial crisis? What’s your idea of post-capitalist fun?
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Geez publisher knocks consumer Christianity, speaks at college
This past week Geez publisher Aiden Enns attended You’re Richer When You Think, an interdisciplinary studies conference on economics and faith at King’s University College as a keynote speaker.
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Wab Kinew on the Strombo show
Hip-hop artist and CBC radio producer and host Wab Kinew outlines five things he believes Canadians need to stop saying about First Nations peoples.
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New article online: The Bechdel Test for women in movies
A tool designed to help dodge guy-centric cinema
